공통영어1 능률 오선영 4과 변형문제

Lesson 4 The Winds of Change

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

As quickly as a ____ captures a scene, an image can grab hold of our emotions.

____ speech or written text, it can be difficult to convey a complex message quickly.

Yet photographs ____ change people’s hearts and minds in an instant.

And ____ the magic of photography sparks an emotional reaction in a great number of people, it can change history.


The Burning River That Started a Movement

In the 1880s, industry began to grow rapidly along the Cuyahoga ____ in the city of Cleveland.

This industrial ____ provided steady jobs to people in the area.

Meanwhile, steel mills and factories started dumping large ____ of waste into the river.

Although the river became polluted, most people ____ regarded this as a sign of the area’s economic success.

In June 1969, the polluted river caught ____.

The likely ____ was a burning flare falling from a train, which set fire to oil-soaked waste beneath a bridge.

At that time, few people in ____ cared.

This was because fires had been recorded on the Cuyahoga more than ten times ____, and some of them had been much worse.

However, it wasn’t long before the 1969 fire ____ famous.

This was thanks to an article published in Time ____ that year.

The article featured a shocking photograph of flames and smoke rising from the ____.

But this was not a photograph of the 1969 fire, which was put out so quickly that ____ took a picture of it.

In fact, it was a picture of a much worse fire that had occurred on the river several years ____.

Still, the ____ had a great impact on people.

____ that time, the attitudes of Americans toward environmental problems were starting to change.

More and more people were becoming aware of the need to protect the environment, and the shocking image of the burning river sparked ____ anger about water pollution.

As a result, the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969 ____ a symbol of pollution.

A national environmental awareness event was held on April 22, 1970, which later became known as the first ____ Day.

And in 1972, ____ water quality standards were established with the passage of the Clean Water Act.


Exposing the Harsh Reality of Child Labor

In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution led to a ____ increase in factory production in the United States.

The demand for workers increased, and many new positions were filled by ____.

By 1900, about ____ percent of all children in the United States were employed, and some of those working in factories were only four years old.

The work was difficult and dangerous, leaving many child ____ with health problems.

Factory ____ turned to child labor for several reasons.

For example, children ____ be paid less than adult workers.

They were also ____ likely to go on strike.

Lewis Hine, a teacher and photographer, wanted to reveal how ____ this system was.

So he quit his teaching job and started to work for the National ____ Labor Committee as an investigative photographer.

He gained access to factories by pretending to have different jobs like insurance ____ or fire inspector.

Once inside, he would ____ the children working there.

He would also ask their names and ages and record information about their living and working ____.

From 1908 to 1912, he secretly gathered information and took photographs to ____ factory owners who were taking advantage of helpless children.

Hine’s photographs captured ____ children doing all sorts of jobs.

These included picking vegetables, ____ baskets, and even handling dangerous equipment.

What is more, the children’s faces showed the tragic impact of hard ____.

When people saw the children’s joyless expressions, they could not help but feel ____.

The pictures were later shown in exhibitions, lectures, ____ articles, and so on.

As a result, the ____ realized just how serious the situation was.

____, many states passed stronger laws to ban the employment of children.

In 1938, the United States Congress passed an act that made it illegal for children under sixteen to work in ____ during school hours.

These examples show that photographs can bring ____ change to society.

They prove that, ____, a picture truly is worth a thousand words.


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